Day: July 10, 2022

Quang Trung University, based in Quy Nhon city of central Binh Dinh province, has signed a cooperation programme on human resource training with the Japan – Vietnam MCHR Consultant Co. Ltd (JVMCHR), the only representative in Vietnam of Japan’s Aoyama Medical Group.

The programme focuses on training in the Japanese language and occupational skills for Vietnamese students and labourers who plan to work in the Northeast Asian country.

It will create opportunities for students of Quang Trung University and its partner schools in Binh Dinh and nearby provinces to learn the Japanese language and study in Japan free of charge, Rector of Quang Trung University Nguyen Dinh Phu said at the signing ceremony on July 9, expressing his hope that his school’s relations with the JVMCHR will continue growing.

JVMCHR Deputy Director Asaga Hiroshi said in this programme, the company will provide a free programme worth 3,600 USD for the university’s students who major in nursing and wish to study and work in Japan. The programme will help reduce expenses they have to cover when learning there.

Also on July 9, Quang Trung University opened a free Japanese language class for about 200 students of the university and some high schools in Binh Dinh, Phu Yen and Gia Lai provinces. Organised in both offline and online formats, the class is part of the university’s cooperation programme with the JVMCHR./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

The “For a Livable Hanoi” awards were launched on July 9 with a view to honouring the deeds that contribute to the capital city’s development in different aspects.

The awards, launched by the “Livable Hanoi” network, consist of three main categories, namely culture – arts, environment – urban space, and integration.

The Culture – Arts category aims to honour the cultural and artistic works, programmes and projects helping improve city dwellers’ spiritual life.

In the category of Environment – Urban space, the awards will honour the activities and projects helping better the environment, expand and upgrade urban space, and improve people’s living quality.

Meanwhile, the Integration category focuses on the activities and projects that assist vulnerable and disadvantaged groups, or activities promoting mutual understanding, non-discrimination and respect for diversity and equality so as to help build up a humanistic urban culture.

In particular, the awards also reserve a category for the persons with outstanding contributions to cultural, social and environmental aspects.

“Livable Hanoi” is a network of people sharing the love for Hanoi and wishing to carry out community activities to turn Hanoi into a more livable city.

Le Quang Binh, coordinator of the network, said there are a large number of organisations and individuals silently dedicating to the city in different areas, and the popularisation of their deeds will help encourage actions for the sake of Hanoi.

The awards ceremony will be organised on the occasion of the Capital Liberation Day (October 10) every year, he added./

Source: Vietnam News Agency

For the first time Vietnamese fresh lychees have been exported to China via the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh’s Mong Cai international border gate.

Tran Bich Ngoc, head of the management board of the border gate, said this is a good sign for the import and export of agricultural products at the border gate.

The first batch of fresh lychee, with 64.7 tonnes worth nearly 600 million VND (25,688 USD), was delivered to the Chinese side on July 9.

Recently, China resumed the import of Vietnamese agricultural products.

In the first half of 2022, more than 270,000 tonnes of goods worth over 1.4 billion USD went through border gates in Mong Cai city, which borders China. As a result, the city collected 558.64 billion VND for the State budget, an annual increase of 24.14%.

In remaining months of the year, the city plans to maintain exchanges and talks with the authorities of China’s Dongxing city on epidemic prevention measures in order to create trust and strengthen cooperation in facilitating imports and exports activities through border gates between the sides.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

A virtual conference will be held on July 13 and 14 to promote trade and business links between Vietnamese localities, enterprises and cooperatives with potential partners in Algeria.

The event is part of the national trade promotion programme in 2022. Around 40 Vietnamese and Algerian businesses are expected to attend. B2B sessions will be arranged for participating companies.

According to statistics of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Vietnam’s exports to Algeria, the fourth largest economy in Africa, were modest at 151.1 million USD in 2021, and reached 65.2 million USD in the first five months this year, up 17.6% year on year.

Coffee tops Vietnam’s exports to Algeria, accounting for 65% of the total export value. Other main export items are rice (16%), spices such as pepper bean and cinnamon, cashew nuts and aquatic products./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

The Embassy of Japan in Vietnam has announced it will open a condolence book for late Prime Minister Abe Shinzo from 9am to 5:15pm on July 11 and 12.

The venue will be the embassy’s headquarters at 27 Lieu Giai street, Ba Dinh district, Hanoi. People coming to pay respect are requested to bring their identity cards to present when entering and exiting the embassy.

The former leader passed away at Nara Medical University in Nara prefecture on July 8. Earlier the same day, he was shot from behind while campaigning for a candidate of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in the prefecture.

Abe, 67, was Japan’s longest-serving prime minister. He served as Prime Minister from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2020.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

Japan’s former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo made great contributions to the development of the relations between Vi?t Nam and Japan, for the sake of their people, and for peace, prosperity, cooperation and development in the region and the world.

The former leader passed away at Nara Medical University in Nara Prefecture on July 8. Earlier the same day, he was shot while campaigning for a candidate of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in the prefecture.

The incident has stunned not only Japanese people but also people around the world, including in Vi?t Nam. Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, had a special relationship with the Southeast Asian nation. During his term of office, Abe visited Vi?t Nam many times.

In an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) in February 2019, Abe, as PM of Japan then, said thanks to Ð?i m?i (Reform), the Vietnamese economy developed dynamically.

In the mind of the Japanese, Vietnamese people are very hardworking, intelligent, highly patient, and have warm hearts, he said.

Such impressions on Vi?t Nam may be a reason motivating him to work to deepen the relations between the two countries.

With special affection, Abe continuously consolidated the Vi?t Nam-Japan friendship and strategic partnership. Thanks to his efforts, the bilateral relationship developed strongly across all spheres during his eight years in office.

In 2014, the two countries upgraded their bilateral relationship to an extensive strategic partnership for peace and prosperity in Asia. Three years later, Japan became Vi?t Nam’s biggest official development assistance (ODA) supplier, second-largest investor, and fourth biggest trade partner.

Notably, it was Abe who invited Vietnamese leaders to attend the expanded G7 Summit Japan 2016, and the G20 Summit as a special guest of host Japan in 2019. This was the first time Vi?t Nam had attended such big events.

Apart from the thriving relations, under Abe’s administration, the Vietnamese community in Japan grew into the second biggest foreign community.

According to the Immigration Services Agency of Japan (ISA), the number of Vietnamese people in Japan reached 432,934 in late 2021, accounting for 15.7 per cent of the total foreigners in the country, up 12 times as compared to 2012 when Abe just returned to office.

Notably, Vietnamese trainees in Japan amounted to 160,563, making up nearly 58.15 percent of total foreign interns in the country, partially thanks to policies facilitating the admission of Vietnamese labourers adopted by the Japanese Government under Abe’s administration.

Abe, a prominent politician and a great friend of Vi?t Nam, passed away after the attack, which has shocked the world and saddened many people.

In a message of condolences to the Japanese Government and people on July 8, PM Ph?m Minh Chính, on behalf of Vietnamese Party and State leaders and people, expressed the deepest sympathies to them as well as Abe’s bereaved family.

He also highlighted Vi?t Nam’s appreciation for Abe’s special sentiments and precious support to the land and people of Vi?t Nam as well as the bilateral extensive strategic partnership. — VNS

Japanese Embassy to open condolence books for late PM Abe Shinzo

HÀ N?I — The Embassy of Japan in Vi?t Nam has announced it will open a condolence book for late Prime Minister Abe Shinzo from 9am to 5:15pm on July 11 and 12.

The venue will be the embassy’s headquarters at 27 Li?u Giai street, Ba Ðình District, Hà N?i. People coming to pay respect are requested to bring their identity cards to present when entering and exiting the embassy.

Abe, 67, was Japan’s longest-serving prime minister. He served as Prime Minister from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2020.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and other National Assembly (NA) deputies of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho met with voters in Ninh Kieu, Cai Rang and Phong Dien districts on July 10 to inform about outcomes of the 15th legislature’s third session.

Local voters expressed their delight at the achievements in the COVID-19 fight and socio-economic recovery and development in the recent past, which they said are attributable to the Government and the PM’s drastic and effective directions.

They also applauded the outcomes of the NA’s third session, held from May 23 to June 16, including important decisions made to immediately deal with development issues of the country, including the Mekong Delta and Can Tho.

PM Chinh said the NA adopted five laws and three resolutions, discussed six bills, and considered issues of national importance, including the investment in five large-scale transport infrastructure projects.

The parliament also spoke highly of the significant outcomes in different areas, including containing the pandemic nationwide; maintaining macro-economic stability and major balances; controlling inflation; good progress in cultural, social and environmental aspects; improving people’s living standards; ensuring defence, security and social order and safety; and promoting external relations, according to the Government leader.

PM Chinh said amid numerous difficulties and challenges, thanks to strong actions by the political system, businesses and people nationwide under the Party’s leadership, the country has obtained considerable and comprehensive socio-economic attainments in the first half of 2022.

He appreciated Can Tho’s contributions to those common successes and praised the city’s achievements in boosting economic growth, ensuring people’s life, and maintaining social security, order and safety.

At the meeting, he also talked about socio-economic development targets and tasks for the last half of this year.

The PM went on to say that as the nuclear of the Mekong Delta, Can Tho has been given priority in investment to develop socio-economic infrastructure and other necessary conditions to become one of the new growth engines of Vietnam. He required that the city needs to make concerted efforts in all areas to reach the targets for 2022 and beyond, firstly the COVID-19 combat and vaccination.

The Government leader made replies to local voters’ opinions, and asked all-level authorities and sectors to receive and thoroughly handle people’s proposals and petitions.

PM Chinh pledged that he will keep exerting all-out efforts to fulfill his duties as an NA deputy of Can Tho, to contribute to the development and prosperity of the city and the country as a whole.

On July 9, the PM visited and presented gifts to some revolution contributors, including war invalids and Heroic Vietnamese Mothers, in Can Tho on the occasion of the 75th War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27). He also visited workers at Cai Cui Port.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

Thanks to joint efforts, the friendship and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and China have recorded many new strides in the recent past, according to Vietnamese Ambassador to China Pham Sao Mai.

The diplomat recently granted an interview to Beijing-based correspondents of Vietnamese press agencies ahead a visit to China on July 12 – 13 by Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh, Chairman of the steering committee for Vietnam – China cooperation, at the invitation of Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who is also Chairman of the steering committee for China – Vietnam cooperation. During this trip, Minh will co-chair the steering committee’s 14th meeting in Nanning city of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

Assessing bilateral relations, the ambassador said high-level meetings have been maintained in flexible forms, which has greatly helped enhance political trust between the two Parties and countries. Cooperation via the Party-to-Party, defence, public security, and locality-to-locality channels has been sustained.

Economic and trade ties have developed stably, he said, noting that China remains the largest trading partner and the second biggest export market of Vietnam. At the same time, Vietnam also continues to rank first in ASEAN and sixth globally among trading partners of China.

According to customs authorities of Vietnam, bilateral trade reached 165.8 billion USD in 2021 and 64.06 billion USD in the first five months of 2022, respectively rising 24.6% and 13.3% from a year earlier. Meanwhile, China ranks sixth among 139 countries and territories investing in Vietnam with total registered capital of 22.31 billion USD as of June 2022.

In addition, substantive outcomes have been recorded in the two countries’ cooperation against COVID-19, Mai went on, adding that China is one of the largest suppliers of COVID-19 vaccine for Vietnam, effectively helping to bring the pandemic under control.

Regarding border and territorial issues, the ambassador said the land border has stayed peaceful and stable, with both sides coordinating closely to properly settle issues emerging on the basis of the three legal documents on land border. The situation at sea has seen some new complicated factors, but it is basically stable when the two sides have maintained dialogue and negotiation channels and made efforts to control disagreements on the basis of international law, including the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

Vietnam and China have also actively worked with each other at multilateral forums, especially ASEAN and the UN, to promote peace, stability and cooperation in the region and the world. They have supported each other at international organisations, he said.

Highlighting the significance of the coming visit by Deputy PM Minh, Mai said the trip reflects both sides’ resolve to maintain close contact between the two Parties and countries so as to further strengthen political trust. It will help effectively implement Vietnamese and Chinese leaders’ common perceptions in order to develop the friendship and win-win cooperation in a result-oriented manner. Besides, the two sides will review bilateral cooperation since the steering committee’s 13th meeting in September 2021 and discuss major orientations and concrete measures for promoting bilateral ties in all aspects.

He held that to further bring into play the potential and advantages of bilateral cooperation, Vietnam and China should coordinate closely with each other to seriously and fully carry out their leaders’ common perceptions as well as bilateral agreements, tackle difficulties and obstacles, and improve cooperation quality in all spheres.

The ambassador expressed his belief that on the basis of existing advantages, potential and demand, and with common resolve and efforts by the two States, countries and peoples, the Vietnam – China comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership will be elevated to a new height./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency